Ixodes minor

Ixodes minor is a species of tick in the genus Ixodes. Some reported hosts are:

• Cardinalis cardinalis (Georgia)[1]
• Seiurus noveboracensis (Georgia)[1]
• Thryothorus ludovicianus (Georgia)[1]
• Zonotrichia albicollis (Georgia)[1]
• Troglodytes aedon (Georgia)[2]
• Oryzomys palustris (South Carolina)[3]
• Peromyscus gossypinus (Georgia)[1]

Ixodes minor
Illustration of ventral side of Ixodes minor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	Ixodidae
Genus:	Ixodes
Species:	I. minor
Binomial name
Ixodes minor Neumann, 1902

See also

• List of parasites of the marsh rice rat

References

1. Wilson and Durden, 2003, table 1
2. Wilson and Durden, 2003, table 3
3. Clark et al., 2001, p. 1379

Literature cited

• Clark, K.L., Oliver, J.H., Jr., Grego, J.M., James, A.M., Durden, L.A. and Banks, C.W. 2001. Host associations of ticks parasitizing rodents at Borrelia burgdorferi enzootic sites in South Carolina (subscription required). Journal of Parasitology 87(6):1379–1386.
• Wilson, N. and Durden, L.A. 2003. Ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates inhabiting the Georgia Barrier Islands, USA: an inventory and preliminary biogeographical analysis (subscription required). Journal of Biogeography 30(8):1207–1220.